priest & writer

General

This evening we were in a Presbyterian church, with a lovely, welcoming woman pastor. It was a bright, modern style church, with easy and good communication.

If I have many more evenings as pleasant as this one, it will be a wonderful tour. The crowd that gathered (not enormous — maybe a bit over one hundred) were warm, but also very knowledgeable. It was obvious that many of them had been involved in one or other of the reform movements.

The day began with an early morning interview on a talk radio show, with a man call Bill Press. I am told he is one of the few liberal talk radio shows in this country. The interview was a real pleasure. Similar to the one with Maureen Fielder on the previous day, I was speaking to someone who knows about religion and the issues around the Catholic Church. That interview is available, I am told, on Youtube under Bill Press.

Today began for me with a press conference in the Press Club. Being there was a wonderful experience. It is a very imposing and luxurious place. The walls are full of photographs of so many of the great people of American media in the past. We were received by the President of the Club, and generally treated like royalty. The President, who is Jewish, chaired the press conference. And when it was all over we had lunch in the Club.